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Wilhelm
Gustav Karl Bernhard von Hahnke
(01.10.1833 - 08.02.1912)
place of birth: Berlin
Königreich
Preußen: Chef des
Mil-Kabinetts, Generaladjutant SM, Generalfeldmarschall
Prussian field marshal Wilhelm von Hahnke served as Kaiser
Wilhelm II's adjutant general from 1911 to 1912. He was also Count von
Schlieffen's son-in-law. Wilhelm began his military career as a 2nd
Lieutenant in Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr.1 in Berlin. He served as a
company commander during the Danish-Prussian War of
1864. He also served as a member of Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm von
Preussen's Second Army general staff during the Austro-Prussian
War of 1866, and again in the same staff during the Franco-Prussian
War of 1870-71.
General von Hahnke functioned as Chief of Kaiser
Wilhelm II's Military Cabinet from 1888 to 1901, and in January 1905 he
was promoted to field marshal and was appointed as Kaiser Wilhelm II's
General Adjutant. General von Hahnke died on 8 February 1912.
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